Re: how to actually edit source files in Xcode?
Re: how to actually edit source files in Xcode?
- Subject: Re: how to actually edit source files in Xcode?
- From: Brian Syme <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:11:49 -0800
Xcode has a pretty complex and fiddly interface even when you can see it. Navigating your way around it with voiceover is tough, but I assume you're a lot more comfortable with voiceover than I am.
Do you have a good idea of the overall layout of the Xcode interface? Basically the Xcode window contains multiple panes. On the left you have the "Navigator" pane, in the center there's an "Editor" pane and on the right there's a "Utilities" pane.
Each pane has several modes it can be in. What you select in the left hand navigator pane can affect what's displayed in the central editor pane, and what you select in the central editor pane can affect what you see in the right hand utilities pane.
I think there are two reasons why you can't see the code for your view:
1. Navigating to the editor pane with voiceover is tricky.
2. There actually isn't any source code associated with the view yet.
I think you may be trapped in the left hand navigator pane. Try getting to the top of the navigator group (shift+control+option+up a few times) then using voiceover's regular navigation (i.e. just control+option and cursor keys) to find the editor pane.
Hopefully that gets you a bit further. As far as getting code associated with a view is concerned, basically you're going to create a new class (File+New+File menu options) that derives from NSView. Then you're going to use the Identity Inspector in the right hand utility pane to change its class from the default NSView to whatever your new class is called.
Like I say, this is all pretty fiddly when you can see all these modal UI changes happening, so I'm not surprised you've had a tough time figuring it out.
Maybe there's a guide to xcode for blind users on the web already?
Brian
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